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The magazine of UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center

Spring/Summer 2014

Synthesis

Spring/Summer 2014

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Care close to home

Network benefits ease patient’s journey

Lisa Peltier is all smiles as she breezes into the cancer center at Tahoe Forest Hospital. Everyone she passes says hello; some stop for hugs…

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  • Sugar clues

    Cancer arises from changes to genes. When exposed to chemicals, UV light, pathogens or other carcinogens, DNA can mutate, allowing cells to become malignant…

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  • A perpetual honor

    Donna Kato watched her father die of lung cancer in 2010. Her heartache was accompanied by frustration that too few drug therapies were available for lung cancer patients.

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